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U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian jet on Sunday near the Islamic State -held city of Raqqah, officials said, marking the latest escalation between the U.S. and Syria since the blood-soaked civil war began six years ago. The Pentagon said the U.S.-led coalition took the unprecedented move after a Syrian Su-22 attack aircraft bombed its allies who were fighting Islamic State militants south of the city of Tabqah, roughly 25 miles west of Raqqah. A U.S.-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab militia fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, is involved in a large-scale offensive on Raqqah, Islamic State’s self-declared capital in Syria. Last month, the militia fighters clawed back Tabqah from Islamic State, but the Islamic State still holds sway in large swaths of the desert areas to the south. About 4:30 p.m., Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad attacked U.S. ground partners in the recently recaptured town of Jadin, south of Tabqah, according to a U.S

Popular Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh dressed up as her estranged husband to attend her son, King Andre Churchill’s first father’s day celebration at school. The actress who shared photos and videos from the event, wrote; “JUICY MAN’S (KINGY) SCHOOL FATHER’S DAY CELEBRATION TODAY.. I SHOWED UP FOR MY SON.. #PROUDMOTHER #KINGTONTO #AMOTHER’SLOVE #KINGY #CHAMPIONS #I AM BLESSED #I AM A WOMAN, I AM STRONG, I AM BLACK AND I AM PROUD OF THESE” SEE MORE PHOTOS AND A VIDEO AFTER THE CUT.

A 19-year-old man who pretends to be a female prostitute popularly known as Jennifer Kpaakpa, real name Ushahemba Yaapera, was arrested in Markurdi, Benue State. Jennifer Kpaakpa, real name Ushahemba Yaapera, who confessed to have slept with over 1000 men in the past five years said that all the men won’t be able to impregnate any woman as their sperm has been used for ritual. An activist, Identified as Mr Ukan Kurugh, who was at the state police headquarters where Jennifer was paraded alongside other suspects  on Thursday, gave the report below : “The young man was arrested around Xima Bar at Kashim Ibrahim Road Makurdi when he went to separate a fight between 2 female sex workers at a brothel and in the process got his male sex organ exposed amidst the female clothing he wore. This automatically ended the fight as everyone was scared of his appearance having known him for long as a female. This attracted the attention of the police who whisked him away to police

Some groups of militants in Nigeria’s southern Niger River Delta region asked northerners living there to leave, Daily Times newspaper reported. The call was a response to a  statement  earlier in June by some youth groups in the north threatening to forcibly remove members of the Igbo ethnic group, originating from the southeast, if they don’t leave the region by Oct. 1. The coalition of militants from the Niger Delta, the country’s oil and gas producing region, gave the same deadline to northerners, Daily Times reported. They also threatened to attack oil wells owned by them, according to a statement published in the newspaper. Signatories were mostly previously unknown groups. The calls are a stark reminder of decades-old tensions between some of the biggest ethnic groups in Africa’s most populous country. Officials have condemned hate speeches and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo held meetings with representatives from the north and the south in recent weeks, urging

Reactions   Sign in to like   Reblog on Tumblr   Share   Tweet   Email DEIR ABU MASHAL, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian militants disputed an Islamic State claim Saturday that it was behind a deadly attack against Israel, saying it was their people who killed a female police officer on duty near Jerusalem's Old City. Family members of the attackers said they were deeply religious men who acted on their own. IS issued a statement taking responsibility for the stabbing and shooting attacks Friday evening. If true, it would mark the first direct IS action against Israel and the group warned on its affiliate news agency it "will not be the last." "Let the Jews expect the demise of their entity at the hands of the Caliphate soldiers," it said, calling the attack "revenge for God's religion and for the violated sanctities of Muslims." However, the Hamas and People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine militant groups quickly retor

Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has promised to clamp down on hate speech and ethnic incitement after a recent call by groups in the north of the country to expel members of the Igbo ethnic group. Osinbajo, who is leading the West African country while President Muhammadu Buhari is on sick leave , met with leaders of northern states in the capital Abuja on Tuesday in a bid to calm recent tensions between some of the country’s main ethnic groups. Last week, a coalition of activist groups calling itself the Northern Youth Groups gave Igbos living in northern Nigeria three months to leave the region or face forcible expulsion . The Igbo are one of Nigeria’s three main ethnic groups and are traditionally based in the east of the country. Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has promised to clamp down on hate speech and ethnic incitement after a recent call by groups in the north of the country to expel members of the Igbo ethnic gr

With so much pressure to look a certain way—from things like social media, sure, but even from the way we compare ourselves to our partners— genuine body confidence doesn't always come easily for everyone. That was certainly true for Jazzy, who goes by the Instagram handle @a body positive_jazzy {: rel=nofollow}. In a post that's recently gone viral, she explained how she had been comparing her body to her husband's so-called "born fit" one for 14 years. Until recently, Jazzy found it hard to understand how her husband thought she was sexy because the two of them are built differently. (Though for the record: Jazzy, you and your husband are a beautiful couple.) That's why, a few days ago, Jazzy took to Instagram to share her journey from self-doubt to real self-love and body confidence. Along with a gorgeous photo of the two of them holding hands and walking on the beach, she captioned her post with a long and incredibly sweet statement . "

Barcelona star Lionel Messi dreams of finishing his career with the LaLiga giants after reportedly agreeing to a new deal. The 29-year-old's future has been widely discussed with his contract expiring next year and talks seemingly progressing slowly. But reports on Wednesday suggested Messi had agreed to a new deal until 2021 or 2022. In an interview with Tencent Sports and published by ESPN, the Argentina star said he wanted to finish his career at Barca, the club he joined as a 13-year-old. "It's what I always wanted and dreamed. I would love to finish my career at Barcelona," Messi said. Messi has enjoyed a trophy-laden career at Camp Nou, winning eight LaLiga titles and four Champions League crowns. He has developed into arguably the world's greatest ever player, claiming the Ballon d'Or a record five times.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife said he is “recuperating fast” and would soon return to the West African country from the U.K., where he has been on medical leave for much of the year. Aisha Buhari returned to Nigeria on Tuesday after spending a week with her 74-year-old husband in London. A statement circulated by her spokesman and reported by Nigerian online newspaper The Eagle quoted her as saying that Buhari was recovering well and would soon be back in Nigeria. The first lady herself tweeted her husband’s appreciation for the “constant prayers for his health” and the support offered to Yemi Osinbajo, Buhari’s deputy who has been the acting president while he is out of the country. Buhari, a former military ruler who was elected in 2015 in Nigeria’s first peaceful transfer of power since independence, has been absent for almost three months in 2017. The president left the country for the U.K. on January 19 for what was initially described by aides as a